Time Management Episodes

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April 1, 2026

What to Do When You Feel Like You Have No Time for Yourself

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. In this episode, Dr. Christine Li explores the feeling of having no time for yourself and shares practical strategies to reclaim your time, energy, and sense of control. She discusses why time loss happens, how to recenter yourself, the power of tracking your activities, simplifying your commitments, and creating more space—both in your schedule and your environment. With empowering questions and actio...
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Feb. 18, 2026

7 Proven Strategies to Beat Procrastination and Reclaim Your Time

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. In this episode of Make Time for Success, host Dr. Christine Li shares 7 powerful strategies to help you break free from procrastination and reclaim your time. Inspired by Procrastination Week and the transition to the Lunar New Year, the episode is all about letting go of old habits that hold you back and stepping boldly into a more productive, meaningful life. You'll learn practical tips like how to ...
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March 26, 2025

Master Your Schedule: Quick Wins for a Happier Life

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. In this episode, Dr. Christine Li shares a powerful ten-step exercise that she introduced to her Success Lab clients. With a focus on creating an effective game plan for a span of two to three days, this exercise is designed to help you make the most of your time and energy, whether you're looking to maximize a weekend or refocus during the middle of a hectic workweek. Dr. Li guides you through her tho...
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Feb. 6, 2025

Time Audit 101: Breaking the Autopilot Cycle

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks. In Episode 217 of the Make Time for Success podcast, Dr. Christine Li introduces the powerful concept of a time audit to help listeners break free from unfulfilling daily routines. She guides the audience through a practical process of analyzing their time usage, starting with a simple 12-hour tracking exercise broken into 30-minute increments. The episode focuses on key strategies for transformation, ...
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Aug. 22, 2024

Boundaries Start with You: How Setting Limits Boosts Your Productivity

Send us a Text Message. In this enlightening episode of the "Make Time for Success" podcast, Christine Li explores the fundamental concept of self boundaries and their significant impact on time management and personal well-being. Drawing from her own experiences, Christine underscores the importance of understanding and respecting your own limits to prevent overcommitting and feeling overwhelmed. She elaborates on how a solid practice of setting and maintaining boundaries can lead to better ene...
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March 14, 2024

Mastering Time Strategies to Prevent Energy Drain with Dr. Christine Li

In the final episode of the "Believe, Achieve, Succeed" series, Dr. Christine Li discusses essential techniques for mastering time and preventing energy drain. Tune in as she emphasizes the importance of developing a winning mindset, focusing on your own path without comparing to others, using intuition to overcome hurdles, and practicing readiness to boost confidence. Listen as she encourages listeners to avoid expecting obstacles, anticipate their own success, and find joy in their endeavors. ...
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March 30, 2023

How to Stop Procrastination with Dr. Christine Li and Monica Little

If you want to shorten the time between your intentions and reaching your goals and hear suggestions on how to eliminate self criticism and shame, this episode is a must listen! My previous special guest, Monica Little, invited me to be on her Product Biz Podcast and the interview was so full of great information about procrastination that I decided to share it with you here on my own show. Tune in to hear what procrastination is, why we do it, the difference between procrastination and self sab...
Guest: Monica Little
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Dec. 29, 2022

Here's a Method That is Helping Moms to Regain Their Time and Energy with Maria Tedjamulia

If you've ever questioned whether you are making the right life or career move, or if you've ever feared that you won’t be able to fit all the things you wished for into your one life, you're going to enjoy my wide-ranging conversation with special guest, Maria Tedjamulia! Listen in to hear valuable tips and information for running a family and home and how having the right systems in place will allow you to do it with ease saving you time, money, and energy. Maria is a passionate Mom of 5 (11 ...
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Nov. 10, 2022

4 Tips for Moving Past Your Excuses and Towards Success

Are you ready to stop spending precious time massaging your stories of the past and all your excuses? In this episode, I am sharing four powerful ways to guide you away from your excuses and toward positive action so you can get your work and projects done. Tune in as I share valuable insights on letting go of resistance and speaking into existence the time, the place, the time limit and the results you want to achieve to move you towards success. Timestamps: • [3:56] “Unfinished energy and p...
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Oct. 13, 2022

Need More Time? Try These 6 Easy Timesavers Today

In this episode, I am sharing 6 of my favorite time saving techniques. These are practices that I try to use day in and day out for harmony and less stress. These tips are not difficult to implement. In fact, they can be scheduled into your day, used to boost your productivity and to help your brain be clear for the next challenge. I hope you use them for greater efficiency and ease across your day! Timestamps: • [3:28] Christine shares: “I try to find ways to save time, wherever I can. And I...
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June 23, 2022

How To Manifest What You Desire

When listening to this somewhat philosophical episode, I would love for you to embrace the idea that everything in life is perpetually transitioning or transforming… and to remember in this experience of constant adjustment and pivoting, that we are agents of change all the time. To honor that thought, I thought we'd have a little bit of a conversation about manifesting what you want in your life, figuring out your relationship to your life, and to embrace the reality of change and the powerful ...
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May 26, 2022

10 Amazing Secrets of People Who Manage Their Time Successfully

Are you ready to improve your time management game and conquer your procrastination habits? There are two critical components to overcoming procrastination… Learning how to maintain and regulate your emotions and skillfully managing your usage of time. In this episode, I am sharing 10 amazing secrets of people who manage their time successfully. Tune in as I dive deep into how to manage your time better and be more mindful about your behavior and your feelings. Enjoy this episode. There's a lot ...
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March 31, 2022

How to Start When You Don't Feel Ready

There comes a time in most podcasters' experience, where they do an episode on the resistance to doing an episode. I haven't been resisting this one as much as I have felt overwhelmed by my mounting to-do list and the state of the world. Today, everything seems chaotic and stressful and sometimes I feel like I don't know where to begin. I believe this experience is a common one to most people. In this episode, I am sharing my thoughts about what to do when you don't feel ready to do anything at ...
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Feb. 3, 2022

How Absolutely Anyone Can Conquer Procrastination and Win Their Time Back with Dr. Christine Li and Dr. Kathy Zhang

In this episode, I was a guest on The Purpose Filter podcast and interviewed by Dr. Kathy Zhang who asked me the most wonderfully deep and meaningful questions about procrastination. She even wove in a discussion about how she herself is a procrastinator. You probably think you've heard it all when it comes to procrastination, but Dr. Zhang and I took that conversation so much deeper. We not only unpack why people push off projects until the very end, but also explore the mindset, unconscious...
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Jan. 27, 2022

Dream Big, Start Tiny: How to Beat Your Fear of Visibility and Get Out of Your Comfort Zone with Allie Bjerk

If you are an entrepreneur or in business for someone else, you more than likely have had to overcome a major roadblock within yourself to attain measurable success. In today’s episode, my special guest, Allie Bjerk, is here to talk about how she showed up authentically in her own business to make her first million in the first 10 months of being in business… and how we all should own our expertise and not shrink from our big dreams. You’re going to love her story and I think you're going to lea...
Guest: Allie Bjerk
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Nov. 4, 2021

Get More Clarity, Time, and Focus Now with Lisa Woodruff

Have you ever wanted to have a system that captures all the to-do list items and ideas you have in one place? My special guest, productivity and organizing expert Lisa Woodruff, helps her clients take charge of their projects, schedules, and homes so that they can make more room for clarity, extra free time, and focus in their lives. You’re going to hear how her signature program and product, the Sunday Basket, was created to meet her own need to be more organized and how it has become a way for...
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Oct. 28, 2021

The Quick and Easy Way to Build Better Habits

What new habits are you itching to start? What do you know will be a good activity or project for you to invest your time and energy into? What might you gain from investing your best efforts into developing a new habit? This episode is for all of us -- warriors inside a pandemic -- coping with daily stresses while also attempting to live and to work at our best. You will hear about how Dr. Li’s shoulder injury and pandemic weight gain created the chance for not only a new behavior (daily exerc...
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Oct. 21, 2021

Part 2: Here's What Happened When I Worked with a Professional Organizer with Linda Samuels

This is a special double feature of my guest Linda Samuels, professional organizer. After appearing in Episode 44 to share her thoughts about how to handle clutter and how to create spaces that feel right, Linda and I worked together during three virtual organizing sessions to address the clutter and organizational needs within my home. This second episode is a review of what transpired and the important lessons I learned from Linda about handling clutter, organizing for success, and living well...
Guest: Linda Samuels
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Oct. 14, 2021

Part 1: 5 Types of Clutter You Can Get Organized Now with Linda Samuels

Having organizing systems in place can be so helpful as we go through life and as we handle life’s transitions. When clutter of different varieties interrupts our ability to concentrate and to grow and change to our full potential, it often is a great idea to call in professional help. My guest in this episode, Linda Samuels, has been in the organizing field for 30 years, and she is someone who is “born organized.” Linda discusses how she has helped clients move through different phases of li...
Guest: Linda Samuels
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Sept. 2, 2021

Turn Resistance into High-Level Productivity

Why do we become resistant to starting a task or new project? Well, my friends, there are a lot of reasons why you might be experiencing resistance but there are also a lot of ways to combat it. Whether you’re feeling resistant because you’re fearing an outcome, lacking trust in the process, or you’re struggling with being open to change, this episode will help you reflect and ask the right questions to help you understand the resistance you’re experiencing. Timestamps: [2:52] - Observe with...
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Aug. 5, 2021

6 Ways to Boost Your Focus Without Getting Overwhelmed

Okay, I have an inkling as to why you might be here. You’re here because you’re feeling overwhelmed, right? Or maybe you’re here because you get overwhelmed often and want to take the steps necessary to help prevent it? Maybe you also want to start being more productive without all the chaos? Well, my friend, you're in the right place. In this episode, I’ll be sharing six of my best tips for overcoming overwhelm and how you can start using those strategies RIGHT NOW. I know for a fact that when...
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July 29, 2021

The Ultimate List of Goal-Setting Strategies with ALoN David

If you have an idea that’s worth going after, commit to it. If not, move on. This is the basic goal philosophy of my guest this week, ALoN David. He’s a goal setting expert, entrepreneur, and 90X® Founder & CEO; ALoN has created multiple 6- and 7- figure businesses from nothing. In 2017, after multiple hugely successful businesses, he decided to finally launch 90X®. He built the 90X® Planner System because that was the system he used to build his other businesses, and he was tired of never ha...
Guest: ALoN David
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July 22, 2021

Let's Rise Above the Chaos and Clutter with Renae Fieck

Giving yourself a break is much easier said than done. When balancing a family, a full-time job, and your personal time, it can feel like everything needs your attention at every moment. Finding peace among the chaos can sometimes feel like trying to find a needle in a haystack. My guest this week, Renae Fieck, a mom of 3, occupational therapist, and advocate for moms who desire more grace, space, and rest within their lives will teach us how to ease up and be more patient with ourselves in t...
Guest: Renae Fieck
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July 1, 2021

Let's Make a Plan for Your Personal Growth and Resilience with Audrey Grunst

“Just be yourself!” is what everyone says, but that’s way easier said than done, right? Getting in touch with who you are (a.k.a. your real self) can be quite the journey! For some it may be simple, but for many it can be very challenging and take many years to “figure it out.” We know deep down we want to live as our true selves, but we also worry that we might run into difficulty if we actually do so. You might be worried that if you show more of your true self, others won’t like you....
Guest: Audrey Grunst